Sri Rudram Namakam
oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya || namaste rudra manyava utota iṣave namaḥ | namaste astu dhanvane bāhubhyāmuta te namaḥ ||
yā ta iṣuḥ śivatamā śivaṃ babhūva te dhanuḥ | śivā śaravyā yā tava tayā no rudra mṛḍaya |
yā te rudra śivā tanūraghorā'pāpakāśinī | tayā nastanuvā śaṃtamayā giriśaṃtābhicākaśīhi ||
yāmiṣuṃ giriśaṃta haste bibharṣyastave | śivāṃ giritra tāṃ kuru mā higṃsīḥ puruṣaṃ jagat||
śivena vacasā tvā giriśācchā vadāmasi | yathā naḥ sarvamijjagadayakṣmagṃ sumanā asat ||
adhyavocadadhivaktā prathamo daivyo bhiṣak | ahīgśca sarvāṃjaṃbhayan-thsarvāśca yātudhānyaḥ ||
asau yastāmro aruṇa uta babhrussumaṃgalaḥ | ye cemāgṃ rudrā abhito dikṣu śritāḥ sahasraśo'vaiṣāgṃ heḍa īmahe ||
asau yo'vasarpati nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ | utainaṃ gopā adṛśannadṛśannudahāryaḥ | utainaṃ-vim̐śvā bhūtāni sa dṛṣṭo mṛḍayāti naḥ ||
namo astu nīlagrīvāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe | atho ye asya sattvāno'haṃ tebhyo'karannamaḥ ||
pramuṃca dhanvanastvamubhayorārtni yorjyām | yāśca te hasta iṣavaḥ parā tā bhagavo vapa ||
avatatya dhanustvagṃ sahasrākṣa śateṣudhe | niśīrya śalyānāṃ mukhā śivo naḥ sumanā bhava ||
vijyaṃ dhanuḥ kapardino viśalyo bāṇavāgṃ uta | aneśannasyeṣava ābhurasya niṣaṃgathiḥ ||
yā te hetirmīḍhuṣṭama haste babhūva te dhanuḥ | tayā'smān, viśvatastvamayakṣmayā paribbhuja ||
namaste astvāyudhāyānātatāya dhṛṣṇave | ubhābhyāmuta te namo bāhubhyāṃ tava dhanvane ||
pari te dhanvano hetirasmān vṛṇaktu viśvataḥ | atho ya iṣudhistavāre asmannidhehi tam || 1 ||
śrī śaṃbhave namaḥ || namaste astu bhagavan-viśveśvarāya mahādevāya tryaṃbakāya tripurāṃtakāya trikāgnikālāya kālāgnirudrāya nīlakaṃṭhāya mṛtyuṃjayāya sarveśvarāya sadāśivāya [śaṃkarāya] śrīman-mahādevāya namaḥ |
namo hiraṇya bāhave senānye diśāṃ ca pataye namo
namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ saspiṃjarāya tviṣīmate pathīnāṃ pataye namo
namo babhluśāya vivyādhine'nnānāṃ pataye namo
namo harikeśāyopavītine puṣṭānāṃ pataye namo
namo bhavasya hetyai jagatāṃ pataye namo
namo rudrāyātatāvine kṣetrāṇāṃ pataye namo
namassūtāyāhaṃtyāya vanānāṃ pataye namo
namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye namo
namo maṃtriṇe vāṇijāya kakṣāṇāṃ pataye namo
namo bhuvaṃtaye vārivaskṛtā-yauṣadhīnāṃ pataye namo
nama uccairghoṣāyākraṃdayate pattīnāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ kṛtsnavītāya dhāvate sattvanāṃ pataye namaḥ || 2 ||
namaḥ sahamānāya nivyādhina āvyādhinīnāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ kakubhāya niṣaṃgiṇe stenānāṃ pataye namo
namo niṣaṃgiṇa iṣudhimate taskarāṇāṃ pataye namo
namo vaṃcate parivaṃcate stāyūnāṃ pataye namo
namo nicerave paricarāyāraṇyānāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ sṛkāvibhyo jighāgṃsadbhyo muṣṇatāṃ pataye namo
namo'simadbhyo naktaṃcaradbhyaḥ prakṛṃtānāṃ pataye namo
nama uṣṇīṣiṇe giricarāya kuluṃcānāṃ pataye namo
nama iṣumadbhyo dhanvāvibhyaśca vo namo
nama ātan-vānebhyaḥ pratidadhānebhyaśca vo namo
nama āyacchadbhyo visṛjadbhyaśca vo namo
namo'syadbhyo vidhyadbhyaśca vo namo
nama āsīnebhyaḥ śayānebhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ svapadbhyo jāgradbhyaśca vo namo
namastiṣṭhadbhyo dhāvadbhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ sabhābhyaḥ sabhāpatibhyaśca vo namo
namo aśvebhyo'śvapatibhyaśca vo namaḥ || 3 ||
nama āvyādhinībhyo vividhyaṃtībhyaśca vo namo
nama ugaṇābhyastṛgṃ-hatībhyaśca vo namo
namo gṛtsebhyo gṛtsapatibhyaśca vo namo
namo vrātebhyo vrātapatibhyaśca vo namo
namo gaṇebhyo gaṇapatibhyaśca vo namo
namo virūpebhyo viśvarūpebhyaśca vo namo
namo mahadbhyaḥ, kṣullakebhyaśca vo namo
namo rathibhyo'rathebhyaśca vo namo
namo rathebhyo rathapatibhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ senābhyaḥ senānibhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ, kṣattṛbhyaḥ saṃgrahītṛbhyaśca vo namo
namastakṣabhyo rathakārebhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ kulālebhyaḥ karmārebhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ puṃjiṣṭebhyo niṣādebhyaśca vo namo
nama iṣukṛdbhyo dhanvakṛdbhyaśca vo namo
namo mṛgayubhyaḥ śvanibhyaśca vo namo
nama-śśvabhya-śśvapatibhyaśca vo namaḥ || 4 ||
namo bhavāya ca rudrāya ca
namaḥ śarvāya ca paśupataye ca
namo nīlagrīvāya ca śitikaṃṭhāya ca
namaḥ kapardine ca vyuptakeśāya ca
namaḥ sahasrākṣāya ca śatadhanvane ca
namo giriśāya ca śipiviṣṭāya ca
namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya ceṣumate ca
namo hrasvāya ca vāmanāya ca
namo bṛhate ca varṣīyase ca
namo vṛddhāya ca saṃvṛm̐dhvane ca
namo agriyāya ca prathamāya ca
nama āśave cājirāya ca
namaḥ śīghriyāya ca śībhyāya ca
nama ūrmyāya cāvasvanyāya ca
namaḥ srotasyāya ca dvīpyāya ca || 5 ||
namo jyeṣṭhāya ca kaniṣṭhāya ca
namaḥ pūrvajāya cāparajāya ca
namo madhyamāya cāpagalbhāya ca
namo jaghanyāya ca budhniyāya ca
namaḥ sobhyāya ca pratisaryāya ca
namo yāmyāya ca kṣemyāya ca
nama urvaryāya ca khalyāya ca
namaḥ ślokyāya cā'vasānyāya ca
namo vanyāya ca kakṣyāya ca
namaḥ śravāya ca pratiśravāya ca
nama āśuṣeṇāya cāśurathāya ca
namaḥ śūrāya cāvabhiṃdate ca
namo varmiṇe ca varūthine ca
namo bilmine ca kavacine ca
namaḥ śrutāya ca śrutasenāya ca || 6 ||
namo duṃdubhyāya cāhananyāya ca
namo dhṛṣṇave ca pramṛśāya ca
namo dūtāya ca prahitāya ca
namo niṣaṃgiṇe ceṣudhimate ca
namastīkṣṇeṣave cāyudhine ca
namaḥ svāyudhāya ca sudhanvane ca
namaḥ srutyāya ca pathyāya ca
namaḥ kāṭyāya ca nīpyāya ca
namaḥ sūdyāya ca sarasyāya ca
namo nādyāya ca vaiśaṃtāya ca
namaḥ kūpyāya cāvaṭyāya ca
namo varṣyāya cāvarṣyāya ca
namo meghyāya ca vidyutyāya ca
nama īdhriyāya cātapyāya ca
namo vātyāya ca reṣmiyāya ca
namo vāstavyāya ca vāstupāya ca || 7 ||
namaḥ somāya ca rudrāya ca
namastāmrāya cāruṇāya ca
namaḥ śaṃgāya ca paśupataye ca
nama ugrāya ca bhīmāya ca
namo agrevadhāya ca dūrevadhāya ca
namo haṃtre ca hanīyase ca
namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyo
namastārāya
namaśśaṃbhave ca mayobhave ca
namaḥ śaṃkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca
namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca
namastīrthyāya ca kūlyāya ca
namaḥ pāryāya cāvāryāya ca
namaḥ prataraṇāya cottaraṇāya ca
nama ātāryāya cālādyāya ca
namaḥ śaṣpyāya ca phenyāya ca
namaḥ sikatyāya ca pravāhyāya ca || 8 ||
nama iriṇyāya ca prapathyāya ca
namaḥ kigṃśilāya ca kṣayaṇāya ca
namaḥ kapardine ca pulastaye ca
namo goṣṭhyāya ca gṛhyāya ca
namastalpyāya ca gehyāya ca
namaḥ kāṭyāya ca gahvareṣṭhāya ca
namo hradayyāya ca niveṣpyāya ca
namaḥ pāgṃ savyāya ca rajasyāya ca
namaḥ śuṣkyāya ca harityāya ca
namo lopyāya colapyāya ca
nama ūrvyāya ca sūrmyāya ca
namaḥ parṇyāya ca parṇaśadyāya ca
namo'paguramāṇāya cābhighnate ca
nama ākhkhidate ca prakhkhidate ca
namo vaḥ kirikebhyo devānāgm hṛdayebhyo
namo vikṣīṇakebhyo namo vicinvatkebhyo
nama ānir hatebhyo nama āmīvatkebhyaḥ || 9 ||
drāpe aṃdhasaspate daridrannīlalohita | eṣāṃ puruṣāṇāmeṣāṃ paśūnāṃ mā bhermā'ro mo eṣāṃ kiṃcanāmamat |
yā te rudra śivā tanūḥ śivā viśvāhabheṣajī | śivā rudrasya bheṣajī tayā no mṛḍa jīvase ||
imāgṃ rudrāya tavase kapardine kṣayadvīrāya prabharāmahe matim | yathā naśśamasaddvipade catuṣpade viśvaṃ puṣṭaṃ grāme asminnanāturam |
mṛḍā no rudrota no mayaskṛdhi kṣayadvīrāya namasā vidhema te | yacchaṃ ca yośca manurāyaje pitā tadaśyāma tava rudra praṇītau |
mā no mahāṃtamuta mā no arbhakaṃ mā na ukṣaṃtamuta mā na ukṣitam | mā no'vadhīḥ pitaraṃ mota mātaraṃ priyā mā nastanuvo rudra rīriṣaḥ |
mā nastoke tanaye mā na āyuṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśveṣu rīriṣaḥ | vīrānmā no rudra bhāmito'vadhīrhaviṣmaṃto namasā vidhema te |
ārātte goghna uta pūruṣaghne kṣayadvīrāya sumnamasme te astu | rakṣā ca no adhi ca deva brūhyadhā ca naḥ śarma yaccha dvibarhāḥ |
stuhi śrutaṃ gartasadaṃ-yum̐vānaṃ mṛganna bhīmamupahatnumugram | mṛḍā jaritre rudra stavāno anyaṃte asmannivapaṃtu senāḥ |
pariṇo rudrasya hetirvṛṇaktu pari tveṣasya durmati raghāyoḥ | ava sthirā maghavadbhya-stanuṣva mīḍhvastokāya tanayāya mṛḍaya |
mīḍhuṣṭama śivatama śivo naḥ sumanā bhava | parame vṛkṣa āyudhannidhāya kṛttiṃ-vam̐sāna ācara pinākaṃ bibhradāgahi |
vikirida vilohita namaste astu bhagavaḥ | yāste sahasragṃ hetayonyamasmannivapaṃtu tāḥ |
sahasrāṇi sahasradhā bāhuvostava hetayaḥ | tāsāmīśāno bhagavaḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi || 10 ||
sahasrāṇi sahasraśo ye rudrā adhi bhūmyām | teṣāgṃ sahasrayojane'vadhanvāni tanmasi |
asminmahatyarṇave'ṃtarikṣe bhavā adhi | nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṃṭhāḥ śarvā adhaḥ, kṣamācarāḥ |
nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṃṭhā divagṃ rudrā upaśritāḥ | ye vṛkṣeṣu saspiṃjarā nīlagrīvā vilohitāḥ |
ye bhūtānāmadhipatayo viśikhāsaḥ kapardinaḥ | ye anneṣu vividhyaṃti pātreṣu pibato janān | ye pathāṃ pathirakṣaya ailabṛdā yavyudhaḥ | ye tīrthāni pracaraṃti sṛkāvaṃto niṣaṃgiṇaḥ | ya etāvaṃtaśca bhūyāgṃsaśca diśo rudrā vitasthire | teṣāgṃ sahasrayojane'vadhanvāni tanmasi |
namo rudrebhyo ye pṛthivyāṃ-yem̐'ṃtarikṣe ye divi yeṣāmannaṃ-vām̐to varṣamiṣavastebhyo daśa prācīrdaśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcī-rdaśo-dīcī-rdaśordhvāstebhyo namaste no mṛḍayaṃtu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaśca no dveṣṭi taṃ-vom̐ jaṃbhe dadhāmi || 11 ||
tryaṃbakaṃ-yam̐jāmahe sugaṃdhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | urvārukamiva baṃdhanānmṛtyormukṣīya mā'mṛtāt |
yo rudro agnau yo apsu ya oṣadhīṣu yo rudro viśvā bhuvanā viveśa tasmai rudrāya namo astu |
tamu ṣṭuhi yaḥ sviṣussudhanvā yo viśvasya kṣayati bheṣajasya | yakṣvāmahe saumanasāya rudraṃ namobhirdevamasuraṃ duvasya |
ayaṃ me hasto bhagavānayaṃ me bhagavattaraḥ | ayaṃ me viśvabheṣajo'yagṃ śivābhimarśanaḥ |
ye te sahasramayutaṃ pāśā mṛtyo martyāya haṃtave | tān yajñasya māyayā sarvānava yajāmahe | mṛtyave svāhā mṛtyave svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyurme pāhi || prāṇānāṃ graṃthirasi rudro mā viśāṃtakaḥ | tenānnenāpyāyasva || namo rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyurme pāhi ||
sadāśivom |
oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ |
oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya || namaste rudra manyava utota iṣave namaḥ | namaste astu dhanvane bāhubhyāmuta te namaḥ ||
yā ta iṣuḥ śivatamā śivaṃ babhūva te dhanuḥ | śivā śaravyā yā tava tayā no rudra mṛḍaya |
yā te rudra śivā tanūraghorā'pāpakāśinī | tayā nastanuvā śaṃtamayā giriśaṃtābhicākaśīhi ||
yāmiṣuṃ giriśaṃta haste bibharṣyastave | śivāṃ giritra tāṃ kuru mā higṃsīḥ puruṣaṃ jagat||
śivena vacasā tvā giriśācchā vadāmasi | yathā naḥ sarvamijjagadayakṣmagṃ sumanā asat ||
adhyavocadadhivaktā prathamo daivyo bhiṣak | ahīgśca sarvāṃjaṃbhayan-thsarvāśca yātudhānyaḥ ||
asau yastāmro aruṇa uta babhrussumaṃgalaḥ | ye cemāgṃ rudrā abhito dikṣu śritāḥ sahasraśo'vaiṣāgṃ heḍa īmahe ||
asau yo'vasarpati nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ | utainaṃ gopā adṛśannadṛśannudahāryaḥ | utainaṃ-vim̐śvā bhūtāni sa dṛṣṭo mṛḍayāti naḥ ||
namo astu nīlagrīvāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe | atho ye asya sattvāno'haṃ tebhyo'karannamaḥ ||
pramuṃca dhanvanastvamubhayorārtni yorjyām | yāśca te hasta iṣavaḥ parā tā bhagavo vapa ||
avatatya dhanustvagṃ sahasrākṣa śateṣudhe | niśīrya śalyānāṃ mukhā śivo naḥ sumanā bhava ||
vijyaṃ dhanuḥ kapardino viśalyo bāṇavāgṃ uta | aneśannasyeṣava ābhurasya niṣaṃgathiḥ ||
yā te hetirmīḍhuṣṭama haste babhūva te dhanuḥ | tayā'smān, viśvatastvamayakṣmayā paribbhuja ||
namaste astvāyudhāyānātatāya dhṛṣṇave | ubhābhyāmuta te namo bāhubhyāṃ tava dhanvane ||
pari te dhanvano hetirasmān vṛṇaktu viśvataḥ | atho ya iṣudhistavāre asmannidhehi tam || 1 ||
śrī śaṃbhave namaḥ || namaste astu bhagavan-viśveśvarāya mahādevāya tryaṃbakāya tripurāṃtakāya trikāgnikālāya kālāgnirudrāya nīlakaṃṭhāya mṛtyuṃjayāya sarveśvarāya sadāśivāya [śaṃkarāya] śrīman-mahādevāya namaḥ |
namo hiraṇya bāhave senānye diśāṃ ca pataye namo
namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ saspiṃjarāya tviṣīmate pathīnāṃ pataye namo
namo babhluśāya vivyādhine'nnānāṃ pataye namo
namo harikeśāyopavītine puṣṭānāṃ pataye namo
namo bhavasya hetyai jagatāṃ pataye namo
namo rudrāyātatāvine kṣetrāṇāṃ pataye namo
namassūtāyāhaṃtyāya vanānāṃ pataye namo
namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye namo
namo maṃtriṇe vāṇijāya kakṣāṇāṃ pataye namo
namo bhuvaṃtaye vārivaskṛtā-yauṣadhīnāṃ pataye namo
nama uccairghoṣāyākraṃdayate pattīnāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ kṛtsnavītāya dhāvate sattvanāṃ pataye namaḥ || 2 ||
namaḥ sahamānāya nivyādhina āvyādhinīnāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ kakubhāya niṣaṃgiṇe stenānāṃ pataye namo
namo niṣaṃgiṇa iṣudhimate taskarāṇāṃ pataye namo
namo vaṃcate parivaṃcate stāyūnāṃ pataye namo
namo nicerave paricarāyāraṇyānāṃ pataye namo
namaḥ sṛkāvibhyo jighāgṃsadbhyo muṣṇatāṃ pataye namo
namo'simadbhyo naktaṃcaradbhyaḥ prakṛṃtānāṃ pataye namo
nama uṣṇīṣiṇe giricarāya kuluṃcānāṃ pataye namo
nama iṣumadbhyo dhanvāvibhyaśca vo namo
nama ātan-vānebhyaḥ pratidadhānebhyaśca vo namo
nama āyacchadbhyo visṛjadbhyaśca vo namo
namo'syadbhyo vidhyadbhyaśca vo namo
nama āsīnebhyaḥ śayānebhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ svapadbhyo jāgradbhyaśca vo namo
namastiṣṭhadbhyo dhāvadbhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ sabhābhyaḥ sabhāpatibhyaśca vo namo
namo aśvebhyo'śvapatibhyaśca vo namaḥ || 3 ||
nama āvyādhinībhyo vividhyaṃtībhyaśca vo namo
nama ugaṇābhyastṛgṃ-hatībhyaśca vo namo
namo gṛtsebhyo gṛtsapatibhyaśca vo namo
namo vrātebhyo vrātapatibhyaśca vo namo
namo gaṇebhyo gaṇapatibhyaśca vo namo
namo virūpebhyo viśvarūpebhyaśca vo namo
namo mahadbhyaḥ, kṣullakebhyaśca vo namo
namo rathibhyo'rathebhyaśca vo namo
namo rathebhyo rathapatibhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ senābhyaḥ senānibhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ, kṣattṛbhyaḥ saṃgrahītṛbhyaśca vo namo
namastakṣabhyo rathakārebhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ kulālebhyaḥ karmārebhyaśca vo namo
namaḥ puṃjiṣṭebhyo niṣādebhyaśca vo namo
nama iṣukṛdbhyo dhanvakṛdbhyaśca vo namo
namo mṛgayubhyaḥ śvanibhyaśca vo namo
nama-śśvabhya-śśvapatibhyaśca vo namaḥ || 4 ||
namo bhavāya ca rudrāya ca
namaḥ śarvāya ca paśupataye ca
namo nīlagrīvāya ca śitikaṃṭhāya ca
namaḥ kapardine ca vyuptakeśāya ca
namaḥ sahasrākṣāya ca śatadhanvane ca
namo giriśāya ca śipiviṣṭāya ca
namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya ceṣumate ca
namo hrasvāya ca vāmanāya ca
namo bṛhate ca varṣīyase ca
namo vṛddhāya ca saṃvṛm̐dhvane ca
namo agriyāya ca prathamāya ca
nama āśave cājirāya ca
namaḥ śīghriyāya ca śībhyāya ca
nama ūrmyāya cāvasvanyāya ca
namaḥ srotasyāya ca dvīpyāya ca || 5 ||
namo jyeṣṭhāya ca kaniṣṭhāya ca
namaḥ pūrvajāya cāparajāya ca
namo madhyamāya cāpagalbhāya ca
namo jaghanyāya ca budhniyāya ca
namaḥ sobhyāya ca pratisaryāya ca
namo yāmyāya ca kṣemyāya ca
nama urvaryāya ca khalyāya ca
namaḥ ślokyāya cā'vasānyāya ca
namo vanyāya ca kakṣyāya ca
namaḥ śravāya ca pratiśravāya ca
nama āśuṣeṇāya cāśurathāya ca
namaḥ śūrāya cāvabhiṃdate ca
namo varmiṇe ca varūthine ca
namo bilmine ca kavacine ca
namaḥ śrutāya ca śrutasenāya ca || 6 ||
namo duṃdubhyāya cāhananyāya ca
namo dhṛṣṇave ca pramṛśāya ca
namo dūtāya ca prahitāya ca
namo niṣaṃgiṇe ceṣudhimate ca
namastīkṣṇeṣave cāyudhine ca
namaḥ svāyudhāya ca sudhanvane ca
namaḥ srutyāya ca pathyāya ca
namaḥ kāṭyāya ca nīpyāya ca
namaḥ sūdyāya ca sarasyāya ca
namo nādyāya ca vaiśaṃtāya ca
namaḥ kūpyāya cāvaṭyāya ca
namo varṣyāya cāvarṣyāya ca
namo meghyāya ca vidyutyāya ca
nama īdhriyāya cātapyāya ca
namo vātyāya ca reṣmiyāya ca
namo vāstavyāya ca vāstupāya ca || 7 ||
namaḥ somāya ca rudrāya ca
namastāmrāya cāruṇāya ca
namaḥ śaṃgāya ca paśupataye ca
nama ugrāya ca bhīmāya ca
namo agrevadhāya ca dūrevadhāya ca
namo haṃtre ca hanīyase ca
namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyo
namastārāya
namaśśaṃbhave ca mayobhave ca
namaḥ śaṃkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca
namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca
namastīrthyāya ca kūlyāya ca
namaḥ pāryāya cāvāryāya ca
namaḥ prataraṇāya cottaraṇāya ca
nama ātāryāya cālādyāya ca
namaḥ śaṣpyāya ca phenyāya ca
namaḥ sikatyāya ca pravāhyāya ca || 8 ||
nama iriṇyāya ca prapathyāya ca
namaḥ kigṃśilāya ca kṣayaṇāya ca
namaḥ kapardine ca pulastaye ca
namo goṣṭhyāya ca gṛhyāya ca
namastalpyāya ca gehyāya ca
namaḥ kāṭyāya ca gahvareṣṭhāya ca
namo hradayyāya ca niveṣpyāya ca
namaḥ pāgṃ savyāya ca rajasyāya ca
namaḥ śuṣkyāya ca harityāya ca
namo lopyāya colapyāya ca
nama ūrvyāya ca sūrmyāya ca
namaḥ parṇyāya ca parṇaśadyāya ca
namo'paguramāṇāya cābhighnate ca
nama ākhkhidate ca prakhkhidate ca
namo vaḥ kirikebhyo devānāgm hṛdayebhyo
namo vikṣīṇakebhyo namo vicinvatkebhyo
nama ānir hatebhyo nama āmīvatkebhyaḥ || 9 ||
drāpe aṃdhasaspate daridrannīlalohita | eṣāṃ puruṣāṇāmeṣāṃ paśūnāṃ mā bhermā'ro mo eṣāṃ kiṃcanāmamat |
yā te rudra śivā tanūḥ śivā viśvāhabheṣajī | śivā rudrasya bheṣajī tayā no mṛḍa jīvase ||
imāgṃ rudrāya tavase kapardine kṣayadvīrāya prabharāmahe matim | yathā naśśamasaddvipade catuṣpade viśvaṃ puṣṭaṃ grāme asminnanāturam |
mṛḍā no rudrota no mayaskṛdhi kṣayadvīrāya namasā vidhema te | yacchaṃ ca yośca manurāyaje pitā tadaśyāma tava rudra praṇītau |
mā no mahāṃtamuta mā no arbhakaṃ mā na ukṣaṃtamuta mā na ukṣitam | mā no'vadhīḥ pitaraṃ mota mātaraṃ priyā mā nastanuvo rudra rīriṣaḥ |
mā nastoke tanaye mā na āyuṣi mā no goṣu mā no aśveṣu rīriṣaḥ | vīrānmā no rudra bhāmito'vadhīrhaviṣmaṃto namasā vidhema te |
ārātte goghna uta pūruṣaghne kṣayadvīrāya sumnamasme te astu | rakṣā ca no adhi ca deva brūhyadhā ca naḥ śarma yaccha dvibarhāḥ |
stuhi śrutaṃ gartasadaṃ-yum̐vānaṃ mṛganna bhīmamupahatnumugram | mṛḍā jaritre rudra stavāno anyaṃte asmannivapaṃtu senāḥ |
pariṇo rudrasya hetirvṛṇaktu pari tveṣasya durmati raghāyoḥ | ava sthirā maghavadbhya-stanuṣva mīḍhvastokāya tanayāya mṛḍaya |
mīḍhuṣṭama śivatama śivo naḥ sumanā bhava | parame vṛkṣa āyudhannidhāya kṛttiṃ-vam̐sāna ācara pinākaṃ bibhradāgahi |
vikirida vilohita namaste astu bhagavaḥ | yāste sahasragṃ hetayonyamasmannivapaṃtu tāḥ |
sahasrāṇi sahasradhā bāhuvostava hetayaḥ | tāsāmīśāno bhagavaḥ parācīnā mukhā kṛdhi || 10 ||
sahasrāṇi sahasraśo ye rudrā adhi bhūmyām | teṣāgṃ sahasrayojane'vadhanvāni tanmasi |
asminmahatyarṇave'ṃtarikṣe bhavā adhi | nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṃṭhāḥ śarvā adhaḥ, kṣamācarāḥ |
nīlagrīvāḥ śitikaṃṭhā divagṃ rudrā upaśritāḥ | ye vṛkṣeṣu saspiṃjarā nīlagrīvā vilohitāḥ |
ye bhūtānāmadhipatayo viśikhāsaḥ kapardinaḥ | ye anneṣu vividhyaṃti pātreṣu pibato janān | ye pathāṃ pathirakṣaya ailabṛdā yavyudhaḥ | ye tīrthāni pracaraṃti sṛkāvaṃto niṣaṃgiṇaḥ | ya etāvaṃtaśca bhūyāgṃsaśca diśo rudrā vitasthire | teṣāgṃ sahasrayojane'vadhanvāni tanmasi |
namo rudrebhyo ye pṛthivyāṃ-yem̐'ṃtarikṣe ye divi yeṣāmannaṃ-vām̐to varṣamiṣavastebhyo daśa prācīrdaśa dakṣiṇā daśa pratīcī-rdaśo-dīcī-rdaśordhvāstebhyo namaste no mṛḍayaṃtu te yaṃ dviṣmo yaśca no dveṣṭi taṃ-vom̐ jaṃbhe dadhāmi || 11 ||
tryaṃbakaṃ-yam̐jāmahe sugaṃdhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam | urvārukamiva baṃdhanānmṛtyormukṣīya mā'mṛtāt |
yo rudro agnau yo apsu ya oṣadhīṣu yo rudro viśvā bhuvanā viveśa tasmai rudrāya namo astu |
tamu ṣṭuhi yaḥ sviṣussudhanvā yo viśvasya kṣayati bheṣajasya | yakṣvāmahe saumanasāya rudraṃ namobhirdevamasuraṃ duvasya |
ayaṃ me hasto bhagavānayaṃ me bhagavattaraḥ | ayaṃ me viśvabheṣajo'yagṃ śivābhimarśanaḥ |
ye te sahasramayutaṃ pāśā mṛtyo martyāya haṃtave | tān yajñasya māyayā sarvānava yajāmahe | mṛtyave svāhā mṛtyave svāhā |
oṃ namo bhagavate rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyurme pāhi || prāṇānāṃ graṃthirasi rudro mā viśāṃtakaḥ | tenānnenāpyāyasva || namo rudrāya viṣṇave mṛtyurme pāhi ||
sadāśivom |
oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ |
Introduction
The Namakam is the Rudra Prashna of the Krishna Yajurveda’s Taittiriya Samhita (fourth kanda, fifth prapathaka). It is called Namakam because the word namaḥ — salutation — runs through every clause. Its eighth anuvaka contains the line namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca, the Vedic source of the five-syllable mantra.
Anuvaka 1 is a plea to calm Rudra’s wrath — asking him to unstring his bow and lay his arrows aside.
Anuvakas 2 to 9 are long garlands of salutation that recognise Rudra in every form there is: trees and mountains, army commanders and merchants, thieves and robbers, carpenters and potters, down to dogs and the lords of dogs. This is what makes the hymn remarkable — Rudra belongs to no single class, but pervades all of them.
Anuvakas 10 and 11 return to metrical verse, praying for the safety of children, cattle, horses and the people of the village.
The recitation closes with the Mahamrityunjaya mantra, tryambakaṃ yajāmahe.
How to Recite
- Recite the Laghunyasam first, and follow the Namakam with the Chamakam.
- By tradition, eleven recitations of the Namakam with one Chamakam make an Ekadasha Rudra; eleven of those make a Laghu Rudra, and eleven of those a Maha Rudra.
- In Rudrabhishekam, water, milk or panchamrita is poured over the Shiva linga through each anuvaka.
- The pitch marks are given for Vedic recitation; correct accent is held to be essential here.
- Mondays, Pradosha, Mahashivaratri and the month of Shravana are especially fruitful.
Sources 2
- Sri Rudram (vignanam.org, Vaidika Vignanam) — sarala devanagari edition with simplified anusvaras, accents marked
The Devanagari reproduced here follows this edition akshara-for-akshara, including its simplified anusvara spellings (पंच, संकाशं, कंठे) and its Vedic nasal-glide notation (रुद्रं-वैँ, शिखायां-वाँमदेवाः), which match the convention used elsewhere on this site. Thirteen readings were corrected against sanskritdocuments.org where this edition had dropped or swapped a consonant: वाघृदये → वाग्धृदये, मूर्द्नि → मूर्ध्नि, जठरेऽअग्नि → जठरेऽग्नि, प्रयच्चंतु → प्रयच्छंतु, अभिषिंचेच्चिवम् → अभिषिंचेच्छिवम्, मीडुष्टम → मीढुष्टम, विद्यद्भ्यश्च → विध्यद्भ्यश्च, आक्खिदते → आख्खिदते, प्रक्खिदते → प्रख्खिदते, सत्वानो → सत्त्वानो, जैष्ठ्यं → ज्यैष्ठ्यं, त्वष्ठा → त्वष्टा, श्यामाकाश्च → श्यामकाश्च.
- rudraprashnaH kR^iShNayajurvedIya sasvaraH (sanskritdocuments.org) — doc_veda/rudra.html — laghunyAsaH and namakam, with accents
Independent accented witness, used for a word-by-word verification pass. It writes the shuddha-devanagari conjuncts (सङ्काश, पञ्च) and uses ꣳ where this edition writes ग्ं — notational differences, not textual ones. Its laghunyasa omits the अथातो रुद्र स्नानार्चनाभिषेक विधिं prose passage and adds सर्वान् महाजनान् रक्षन्तु after माग्ं रक्षन्तु; both are edition differences in the preliminary matter, and this page follows the vignanam recension throughout.
Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.